RDA Hunter and the Tech Girls Movement joined forces to deliver 6 virtual workshops to primary and secondary students in the Hunter throughout May. A big thank you to our teachers from Wallsend PS, Islington PS, Jesmond PS, Toronto HS, St Joseph’s Lochinvar and Stockton PS for arranging these fun and interactive sessions for you…

GAMING LEADS TO GLOBAL SUCCESS – HUNTER STUDENTS EXPERIENCE BOHEMIA INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS by Kate O’Mara Turning a love for ‘gaming’ into a job is just a pipedream for many young people with a passion for I.T, but not for Port Stephens based, global software company Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim). Gaming technology is its lifeblood: it…

YEAR 11 LAURA MACKAY SAYS STEM is SMART by Kate O’Mara “Studying STEM is smart”, according to All Saints’ St Mary’s Maitland student Laura Mackay, “because it’s going to be in all our everyday jobs and gives us so many career choices.” Speaking as part of the Hunter’s first ever student panel at RDA Hunter’s…

Avondale School, in Cooranbong, has opened an Innovative Learning Area featuring everything from a digital fabrication zone to a blacksmith’s corner. The new space is part of the school’s Trade Training Centre, on the secondary campus. The Innovative Learning Area was designed by Avondale’s head of technology, Nigel Lynn, and some of his former construction…

More than 1,000 students from schools across the Hunter participated in RDA Hunter’s 2019 Build ME a Future Days recently. Held at the University of Newcastle’s Great Hall across four days – Monday 20th to Thursday 23rd May, students undertook a range of activities that helped them apply the STEM knowledge they’re learning in class.…

RDA Hunter is pleased to announce that it has recently become a corporate member of Women in Aviation International. Women in Aviation International (WAI), Australian Chapter is a national volunteer run not-for-profit organisation established to provide networking, education, mentoring and scholarship opportunities for young girls and women who are striving for challenging and fulfilling careers…

Following the success of the 2018 pilot program, a cohort of 12 high school students will participate in the 2019 STEM Defence + Innovation Program developed by Regional Development Australia (RDA) Hunter and delivered in partnership with the Business Centre. STEM Defence + Innovation is a springboard to commercialising students’ prototypes. They each bring a…

RDA Hunter’s ME Program is pleased to announce its major sponsorship of the 2019 Mars Rover Challenge. The Challenge engages school students in coding and operating autonomous vehicles via the StarLAB Mars Rover platform. It allows students to navigate the Rovers through a purpose-built track modeled on real terrain. The Rover is an exciting way to…

The ME Program recently hosted nine of its industry partners at the RDA Hunter Industry Pavilion as part of the 2019 Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Careers Expo. 6,000 Hunter students visited the Expo, which was held over two days in Newcastle and Maitland, to help them better understand career opportunities in the Hunter. RDA Hunter’s…

F-35A Air Vehicle Sustainment Manager SQNDLR Nathan Draper, of the Air Combat Systems Program Office, is playing an important role promoting Air Force careers in the Hunter region of NSW, where the majority of Air Force’s JSF aircraft will be based at Williamtown. SQNLDR Draper works with RDA Hunter to help inspire students to pursue…